MAD Explorer

For the Make a Difference project, my group got together because we were all interested in helping children. After deciding that we wanted to focus on children, we had two main ideas. One was to instill confidence in those who needed it. The other idea pertained to helping sick children. We decided to combines these ideas and help sick children develop confidence. Sick and disabled children do not have a typical life since they have to deal with doctor visits, being sick, and looking "different". They may also be behind in class because of missed time due to their illness. Besides being academically behind, they are likely to be behind socially which would likely cause them to have low self-esteem and low confidence. Middle school and High school children are those who most need a confidence boost since they are likely to be teased.
Disabled and Sick children have eneough to worry about since they have struggles to deal with. To make matters worse, their illness or disability can negitively impact their social life and they will have poor confidence. Due to this lack of confidence, they may not have the same high asspirations and goals in life that similar children without a disability or illness would have. A lack of confidence can be a self-fullfilling prophesy; if a child doesn't think they are good and they can't sucdeed, they likely won't try as hard, and as a result, they won't succeed. We want to encourage disabled and sick children that they are just as good as everyone else, and they can achieve that same goals as other kids. We also want these children to develop confidence so they can overcome the bully's that pick on them due to their unfortunate disability or illness. The goal of our project is for sick and disabled children to love and embrace who they are.